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Suggest Treatment For Chills And Fever While On Ciprofloxacin
Question: I have been getting chills but without fever. I saw my dr who gave me ciprofloxin for ten days. After I finished the cipro and about a week went by I went to see my dr because I still had the chills but without fever. Again he gave me the cipro for ten days. after I finished it I still have the chills and no fever. I also am experiencing itchy skin all over my body. I talked to my grandson who told me that he thinks it might be that I am Alergic to my laundry soap. What do you think?
Brief Answer:
Routine screening blood work
Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
Most people get chills from either abscesses, infections, hypothyroidism, cancer/tumors, inflammatory disease (such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, crohn's disease, etc), diarrheal illness with stomach flu, endocrine diseases, or dehydration. It is your body reacting to some pathology/disease that is going on with one of your organs. Occasionally, this could be a medication side effect. It is possible you can be allergic to your laundry detergent, but if I were you, I would make sure it wasn't something more serious. However, it would be harmless to get a new detergent.
I would recommend not taking anymore cipro as it did not work the first or second time. If you do have a stomach bug, it is obvious resistant to cipro. You can try a different antibiotic such as triple antibiotic therapy (clarithromycin and amoxicillin with metronidazole). I would also try to increase your fluid intake and change your laundry detergent. You also need to be screened for diseases of the heart, liver, kidney, thyroid, endocrine dysfunction, and vit D deficiency, as well as electrolytes, leukemias and blood counts. If there are signs of infection on your blood work, they need to be followed up closely. You should have rheumatoid arthritis panel screening too.
If you have traveled anywhere or have night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, body aches, vision changes, headaches, then you should like your prescribing doctor know. You probably need another course of a different antibiotic or possibly steroids. If you receive steroids, make sure you get a tuberculosis screening test first because TB can cause chills.
Routine screening blood work
Detailed Answer:
Hi there,
Most people get chills from either abscesses, infections, hypothyroidism, cancer/tumors, inflammatory disease (such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, crohn's disease, etc), diarrheal illness with stomach flu, endocrine diseases, or dehydration. It is your body reacting to some pathology/disease that is going on with one of your organs. Occasionally, this could be a medication side effect. It is possible you can be allergic to your laundry detergent, but if I were you, I would make sure it wasn't something more serious. However, it would be harmless to get a new detergent.
I would recommend not taking anymore cipro as it did not work the first or second time. If you do have a stomach bug, it is obvious resistant to cipro. You can try a different antibiotic such as triple antibiotic therapy (clarithromycin and amoxicillin with metronidazole). I would also try to increase your fluid intake and change your laundry detergent. You also need to be screened for diseases of the heart, liver, kidney, thyroid, endocrine dysfunction, and vit D deficiency, as well as electrolytes, leukemias and blood counts. If there are signs of infection on your blood work, they need to be followed up closely. You should have rheumatoid arthritis panel screening too.
If you have traveled anywhere or have night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, body aches, vision changes, headaches, then you should like your prescribing doctor know. You probably need another course of a different antibiotic or possibly steroids. If you receive steroids, make sure you get a tuberculosis screening test first because TB can cause chills.
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